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Thank you Swanky, you are alway great w/ info . Do you know what some of the available colors are?

I called around 3 months ago, and every NM and Saks I talked to only had the basic black, white and beige. Do you guys think that since Fall is arriving, there'll be a bigger chance of me obtaining a colorful flap?

Does anyone have any idea what either the current S/S or upcoming F/W colors will include?

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aka Minal :)

That's funny that you mention colored flaps... they are my passion!! They are definitely not as easy to locate, but a persistent SA can definitely get the job done (and eBay can also be a goldmine when sellers don't charge two times the retail price haha).

Some colors that I know of:

A blue/grey called blue fonce(which you might be able to find now), the '07 red (the Jumbo with the bijoux chains is gorgeous, I have that one), the '05 hot pink, but it is called red as well (I have that in the medium classic flap in caviar)... I got very lucky in finding it, but it's very difficult to locate... a purple from Fall '06, which I'm dying to find in a classic flap (I hava a cute camera case in that color).

Hmm.. there is a mint green color I've seen on eBay in a bowler and Medallion tote, for example... there is a pink that is more readily availabe (I have in the Medallion tote and bowler styles), the '05 bright cherry red (my HG red which I found an e/w in after two years of looking recently!), a deeper red from fall '06, a gorgeous coral color (I have a medium caviar flap in that color), I've seen an olive green flap on ebay, a bunch of brighter colors in the perfo range (green, which I had an exchanged, orange/red, yellow, blue)... etc. etc. Ohh, and navy patent flaps are gorgeous too (they are coming back this fall... I have an e/w in it and it's soo pretty)!! Ohh, and I just saw in Lucky magazine a new GREEN Chanel lambskin satchel, which I'm assuming will come out sometime in the near future... but it was something like $3,500! Hopefully Chanel will produce some more gorgeous colored flaps in the not too distant future, and us flap lovers can get them! Sorry for the novel of a post haha, wow.

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I really look forward to getting my first Chanel flap bag & I think I will get a blue one, not black or white for sure! Second choice will be grey. I think I may be interested in the blue/grey fieryfashionist mentioned about. Any photos ? Anyone has idea I can find those easily? Also I'm planning to visit HK in Nov., do you think I'm lucky enough to get a colored flap over there?

BTW, where can I get a better deal for a flap bag? US? Canada? HK? The exchange rate is so extreme now. (Oh, I'm from Canada anyway & not close to any Chanel stores):wondering